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Bess is addicted to "Happy dust" (Cocaine), and strung along by her dealer/boyfriend Crown. When Crown kills another man over a craps game he escapes to a nearby island, leaving Bess. Porgy a peddler well-liked in the community, takes her in. The story unfolds with Porgy and Bess' blossoming relationship and what happens to them in Catfish Row.
Opened to great controversy in 1935, but the music and themes are classic, and is now regarded as <s>
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The play was made into [[Porgy and Bess (film)|a movie in 1959]].
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* [[All Musicals Are Adaptations]]/[[Adaptation Displacement]]
* [[Babies Make Everything Better]]: Hinted at after Porgy and Bess {{spoiler|adopt Clara's baby}}.
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